{"product_id":"2940148937999","title":"The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 39: Nahum","description":"THE PROPHECY OF NAHUM\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNAHUM, whose name signifies A COMFORTER, was a native of Elcese, or\u003cbr\u003eElcesai, supposed to be a little town in Galilee. He prophesied, after\u003cbr\u003ethe ten tribes were carried into captivity, and foretold the utter\u003cbr\u003edestruction of Ninive, by the Babylonians and Medes: which happened in\u003cbr\u003ethe reign of JOSIAS.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNahum Chapter 1\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe majesty of God, his goodness to his people, and severity to his\u003cbr\u003eenemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:1. The burden of Ninive. The book of the vision of Nahum, the\u003cbr\u003eElcesite.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:2. The Lord is a jealous God, and a revenger: the Lord is a revenger,\u003cbr\u003eand hath wrath: the Lord taketh vengeance on his adversaries, and he is\u003cbr\u003eangry with his enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:3. The Lord is patient, and great in power, and will not cleanse and\u003cbr\u003eacquit the guilty. The Lord's ways are in a tempest, and a whirlwind,\u003cbr\u003eand clouds are the dust of his feet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:4. He rebuketh the sea and drieth it up: and bringeth all the rivers\u003cbr\u003eto be a desert. Basan languisheth and Carmel: and the flower of Libanus\u003cbr\u003efadeth away.  \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:5. The mountains tremble at him, and the hills are made desolate: and\u003cbr\u003ethe earth hath quaked at his presence, and the world, and all that dwell\u003cbr\u003etherein.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:6. Who can stand before the face of his indignation? and who shall\u003cbr\u003eresist in the fierceness of his anger? his indignation is poured out\u003cbr\u003elike fire: and the rocks are melted by him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:7. The Lord is good, and giveth strength in the day of trouble: and\u003cbr\u003eknoweth them that hope in him.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:8. But with a flood that passeth by, he will make an utter end of the\u003cbr\u003eplace thereof: and darkness shall pursue his enemies.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eOf the place thereof... Viz., of Ninive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:9. What do ye devise against the Lord? he will make an utter end:\u003cbr\u003ethere shall not rise a double affliction.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:10. For as thorns embrace one another: so while they are feasting and\u003cbr\u003edrinking together, they shall be consumed as stubble that is fully dry.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:11. Out of thee shall come forth one that imagineth evil against the\u003cbr\u003eLord, contriving treachery in his mind.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eShall come forth one, etc... Some understand this of Sennacherib. But as\u003cbr\u003ehis attempt against the people seems to have been prior to the prophecy\u003cbr\u003eof Nahum, we may better understand it of Holofernes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:12. Thus saith the Lord: Though they were perfect: and many of them\u003cbr\u003eso, yet thus shall they be cut off, and he shall pass: I have afflicted\u003cbr\u003ethee, and I will afflict thee no more.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThough they were perfect, etc... That is, however strong or numerous\u003cbr\u003etheir forces may be, they shall be cut off; and their prince or leader\u003cbr\u003eshall pass away and disappear.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:13. And now I will break in pieces his rod with which he struck thy\u003cbr\u003eback, and I will burst thy bonds asunder.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:14. And the Lord will give a commandment concerning thee, that no more\u003cbr\u003eof thy name shall be sown: I will destroy the graven and molten thing\u003cbr\u003eout of the house of thy God, I will make it thy grave, for thou art\u003cbr\u003edisgraced.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWill give a commandment... That is, a decree, concerning thee, O king of\u003cbr\u003eNinive, thy seed shall fail, etc.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1:15. Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good\u003cbr\u003etidings, and that preacheth peace: O Juda, keep thy festivals, and pay\u003cbr\u003ethy vows: for Belial shall no more pass through thee again, he is\u003cbr\u003eutterly cut off.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBelial... The wicked one, viz., the Assyrian.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Lost Leaf Publications","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067967717616,"sku":"2940148937999","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940148937999_p0.jpg?v=1763710436","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940148937999","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}